Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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